Wine: summer cocktails

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Wine is all very well, but a stiff mixed drink is what we all need to invoke a summery mood

Rain or shine, the last Bank Holiday of summer is the perfect excuse to mix up a classic cocktail. Wine is all very well, but if the weather’s lousy, a stiff mixed drink is what we all need to invoke a summery mood. And if it’s warm, what could be more beguiling than recreating a tropical paradise in your glass, albeit without the legendary “green flash” as the sun sets.

I hate lurid, wishy-washy, sickly-sweet Mickey Mouse cocktails, complete with rainbow colours and dyed fruit that reeks of suntan lotion. Alcohol is the thing in every cocktail, and far better